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Five Years (2012 Remaster) is a track by David Bowie, taken from the album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)”, released June 4, 1990 on Parlophone UK. It runs 4:43. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Soul Love (2012 Remaster), Moonage Daydream (2012 Remaster), Starman (2012 Remaster). Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Five Years (2012 Remaster)
- Artist
- David Bowie
- Release
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 4:43
- Release date
- June 4, 1990
- Record label
- Parlophone UK
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songPushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us
Earth was really dying
Cried so much, his face was wet
Then I knew he was not lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TVs
My brain hurt like a warehouse
It had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
And all the fat-skinny people
And all the tall-short people
And all the nobody people
And all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many people
A girl of my age went off her head
Hit some tiny children
If the black hadn't a-pulled her off
I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm
Fixed his stare to the wheels of a cadillac
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
And a queer threw up at the sight of that
I think I saw you in an icecream parlour
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
I don't think you knew you were in this song
And it was cold and it rained
So I felt like an actor
And I thought of ma
And I wanted to get back there
Your face, your race
The way that you talk
I kiss you, you're beautiful
I want you to walk
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
Five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
Five years
Five years
Five years
Five years
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